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Official: Luka Modric renews contract with Real Madrid until 2024
The series of contract renewal confirmations continues at Real Madrid. After announcing new deals for Toni Kroos, Nacho Fernandez, and Dani Ceballos last week, Los Blancos have now confirmed that Luka Modric has also penned a new contract with the club until 2024.
Modric has been at Real Madrid for eleven years now, having arrived from Tottenham Hotspur in 2012. After enduring a difficult debut season in Spain, the Croatian has etched his name in the history of the club in golden letters, winning as many as five UEFA Champions League trophies, playing an integral role in each of those triumphs.
Modric’s contract was expiring on June 30 and there were some speculations over his future, especially with Saudi Arabia sniffing around. However, the 37-year-old veteran club legend has decided to stay put at the Santiago Bernabeu for one more year.
“Real Madrid C.F. and Luka Modrić have agreed a contract extension for the player, who remains tied to the club until 30 June 2024,” the official statement from Real Madrid read.
Modric, who won the Ballon d’Or in 2018, had always maintained that he does not wish to leave Real Madrid in the summer and had turned down offers from Saudi Arabia as well as Qatar.
Despite his age and the growing competition in midfield, Modric continues to remain a key part of Carlo Ancelotti’s plans and it is expected that his importance will not reduce in the upcoming season following Jude Bellingham’s arrival.
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Mbappe hits out at claims on his unhappiness at Real Madrid: ‘Angry at my great aunt too’
Kylian Mbappe has been in the news for a plethora of reasons in recent weeks, starting with his injury and surprise vacation. Beyond that, the Ballon d’Or saga has kept him in the spotlight for a reasonable while now.
The Frenchman, after all, has not held back in speaking out about why he deserves to win the prestigious individual award, and while it is perfectly okay to campaign for the award, it is something that has not usually been done in the past.
In terms of his goalscoring numbers, there is no doubt that Mbappe should be a frontrunner for the award. His lack of a single trophy for both club and country, however, works against his chances.
Mbappe’s sarcastic reply to baseless rumours
Earlier today, there were reports of Kylian Mbappe being angry with Zinedine Zidane and Real Madrid for not campaigning for him to win the Ballon d’Or this year.
The rumours, needless to say, portrayed the player in a very bad light and made it seem like the club not making public gestures to acknowledge and back his campaign affected him personally.
Now, the player has himself come out to lash out at the journalists, albeit in a sarcastic manner. Commenting directly below the post making the claim via Fabrizio Romano, the player wrote,
“Yes, yes, I even got angry with my great aunt too.”
Mbappe’s ability to deal with such reports with a tinge of humour, needless to say, is impressive and it can only be good for his image that he spoke out and cut off the news at its roots.
Set to return
There has been significant concern around Mbappe’s fitness in recent weeks after the player left the French national team with an injury after their first game.
The initial diagnosis appeared worrying, but it soon came to light that the player had avoided a major setback by a hair’s breadth.
Now, there is increasing hope that the Frenchman will be back for Real Madrid’s first game after the break against Villarreal, possibly even as a starter.
Needless to say, that comes as a massive positive for Jose Mourinho’s plans ahead of a crucial stretch of the season.
